Winners of the 2017 Edition of the “UIA Friendly and Inclusive Spaces Awards”: SPECIAL MENTION FOR Eleni Coromvili, Zambia

21 July, 2017

The UIA Friendly and Inclusive Spaces Awards were founded to encourage and acknowledge architects who have created exemplary friendly, inclusive and accessible buildings and public spaces. Entries must demonstrate that they have met the highest standards of universal and inclusive design, where the realised designs contribute to the quality of life of all those who may use them.

Awards are given in four categories: New Buildings, Public Spaces, Existing & Historic Buildings and Research. Entries are assessed in two stages, first by an international jury located in each of the UIA’s five regions and finally by an international jury including a past award winner.

In 2017 a total of 76 entries were received from 28 countries across five continents. The jury was impressed by the range of project types submitted and by the standard and quality of the shortlisted entries.

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Entry No 52 Model for the Design and Evaluation of Accessible Spaces and Participatory Methodology with Users, for the Easy Understanding of Environments and Buildings. Author: Berta Brusilovsky Filer, Spain

The Medals and Special Mentions will be formally presented on the 6th September 2017 at the UIA Award Ceremony in Seoul, Korea, during the 26th UIA Congress of Architecture.

The medal winning entries, special mentions and all shortlisted entries will be exhibited on the UIA Architecture for All Work Programme Stand at the UIA Congress in Seoul from the 3rd – 7th September 2017. Subsequently they will be exhibited on the UIA Friendly and Inclusive Spaces Awards platform and promoted through publication on the UIA and Architecture for All Work Programme websites, social media and journals as well as those of UIA member bodies. Press releases publicising the winners will also be sent to international media.

The authors of the winning entries and special mentions will be invited to speak about their projects at a UIA Architecture for All Work Programme Seminar at the Seoul Congress on Wednesday 6th September between 14.00 and 17.00.

We look forward to seeing you all there!

Special thanks to both Stage l and Stage 2 juries, to RIAI, SARP and HKIA.